to expect my food on a plate?

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Out for a meal last night, ordered seared tuna with garlic butter, it arrived on a wooden board. Why are so many places serving up food on anything put a plate? It never occurred to me to ask if my food would be served on a plate, it used to be the norm, from now on I'm going to check!
What made it really ironic was that my friend and I were talking about the campaign "we want plates" and laughing at some of the daft ways food is now being served................them my tuna arrived!

I had a fantastic breakfast served on slate. It was horrible. The next time i was there i asked for a plate. Slate and knives are a horrible combo.

Mumteedum
Brought ds's kid's meal roast dinner in a long rectangular dishwasher thing

please explain what on earth a dishwasher thing is??

Arf at cat flaps

Well nothing would surprise me frankly.

I have just been whiling away some time on the we want plates website - the things on here are TAME compared to that

salad in a tea cup, sausages in a naff SKULL and a meal served on a glass tray with a fish in a fish tank swimming underneath it!

and lots of messy pictures of sauces and gravy running off flat objects - ridiculous!

I had chips served in a fucking enamel mug last week

on a plate [eyeroll]

theres a meal in one of those metal dog bowls complete with paw prints on it [why] so cat flaps may well be next, then litter trays [boak]

Worst I've had was burger on a metal ashtray (and therefore stone cold with halo of congealed grease), and the chips in a baked bean can alongside, complete with sharp edges from the can opener. Garbage chic.....?

An ashtray? Mine would be sent straight back if it arrived in an ashtray. I don't care if it's never seen a cigarette in its life, I just could not eat out of an ashtray.

Some of those photos on the we want plates website actually make me feel a bit sick.
Yeah, I think I'll just stick to the harvester.

I'm sure we've had a post similar to this before ? it was about strange ways bread is served and there was photos.

Remember bread in a slipper ! An actual grandad like slipper, boak.

I had a roast chicken served up in what I'd describe as a "chip frying basket" (no idea of proper terminology) - the oil off of the chicken ran straight on to my lap (of. Fairly expensive dress as it was Christmas time).:. Waiter was like "oh yeah that happens a lot" no refund, offer to dry clean etc.

Lemon- the suitcases came with a straw. Fine for me with my own gin, not so nice for people sharing a cocktail which was in a larger suitcase with several straws - yuck!

I've probably posted this before, but during a night out in Edinburgh at the beginning of this year DH and I were served our "sharing platter" starter on this, with no individual plates either

We decided to look on the bright side. It was Scotland in January, if it snowed at least we would be able to dig the car out!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/16/plates-slates-backlash-gimmicky-serving-dishes?CMP=fb_gu

I went out last week, and was served chicken with potatoes and veg - including peas - and gravy on a breadboard. I did give them feedback. They said next time I can ask for a plate. They also said that they've had similar comments from a number of other customers. If this is the case, why are they still doing it? Why not use plates from the outset, and preempt the comments?

Also, when they were clearing the table, the waitresses had to push the boards to the end of the table to be able to pick them up, because there's no raised edge to pick them up with like you have with proper plates.

This one

twitter.com/_Confessor/status/593492439542996993/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

the goldfish ones are so cruel

must be really stressful for them.

The best one I saw on twitter was a meal served in a garden trowel. The garden trowel was brought out on a children's bible. A fucking bible! If nothing else I'm sure some people would find that offensive.

I went to McDonalds the other day and got served my burger on a wooden board and the chips were in a metal basket!

When Maccas start serving on wooden boards, you know that the trend has probably run its course.

Midnite - when did it become compulsory to serve burgers in brioche buns? They're too greasy and don't absorb the juice of the burger.

Moveon - That picture makes me feel ill. I would have to send that back.

Just wondering
A his many people complain and insist on proper normal plates cups and glasses if this happens? Me for one.

B how does this get past the health and safety regs? Cross contamination of germs and allergens, materials that can't be sterilised? And h&s inspectors that can answer this?

Crazy! If I'm going out to eat gimme it hot tasty and good value!

MidniteScribbler That's your McDonald's??

Wow, I feel let down by corporate American. We get flat burgers with squished buns thrown in a bag and handed to us at the counter. You have to fish it all out when you sit down and eat it on your tray. Your "plate" is your paper burger wrapper.

Senpai it's off the new 'Create your taste' menu dont ya know! Still can't tempt me I'm afraid..

Frankie and Benny's new thing of serving burgers on wooden chopping boards and fries in a greasy paper bag has annoyed me. I know it's not that amazing a place to start with, but I was quite fond of the occasional visit.

MidniteScribbler That's your McDonald's?? shock

Yes, they seem to have had a massive push to update themselves over here in Australia. It's called 'Create Your Own' and you use a touch screen to select your options for what you want on your burger. It then gets served to your table as per above. I tried one the other day for the first time, and wooden board aside, it was actually really good. Between that and some fo the cakes available at McCafe, I'm prepared to relax my previous stance on Maccas.